When someone tells a man to be a man, they mean that there is a way to be a man. A man is not just a thing to be–it is also a way to be, a path to follow and a way to walk.

People are talking about “the end of men,” “the decline of males,” and the so-called “crisis of masculinity.” There are many diagnoses for the troubles men face today, but the chattering class is short on solutions. They refuse to deal honestly with the differences between men and women, and fail to entertain the possibility that their vision of the future offers little of value to average males.

The Way of Men answers the question “What is masculinity?”

Donovan concludes that The Way of Men is the way of the primal survival gang. The simple, amoral, tactical virtues of the gang define our most basic conception of manliness. The “crisis of masculinity” is really a timeless push-and-pull between masculinity and civilization. The world has changed more than men have, and the security and luxury of modernity have put us conflict with our own natures. The path back to honor for men may lead through a new dark age.

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More Reviews

Here are some links to reviews of The Way of Men online.

“…this book is an excellent exploration of masculinity, and I think Donovan gets everything exactly right. This is simply the best book on masculinity I have read.” – The Free Northerner

“The Way of Men is not a self-help book. Reading it won’t put muscle on your bones, add zeroes to your bankroll or get women to suck your dick. It’s far more valuable and important than any of those kinds of books, because it teaches you in plain, compelling, even-handed prose, what it is to be a man. It teaches something that is fundamental to every man in America, something that your parents, teachers or coaches never taught you.” – Matt Forney

“Why are anarchists trying to turn the world into a giant hospital with everyone as everyone else’s nurse? It is in Donovan’s natural framework of accepted manliness and tactical gang virtue that illustrates where lay the real power of the anarchist’s appeal — in his masculinity. The anarchic gangsters and outlaws of the Old West may not have been “good men,” but in the words of Charles Portis, they had ‘true grit.'” – R.J. Jacobs, Attack the System

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"...a thought-provoking treatise on the essential struggle of men..."- Sam Sheridan, author of A Fighter's Heart, A Fighter's Mind

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What Men Are Saying…

"... bold and unapologetic...."- Brett McKay, author of The Art of Manliness, Manvotionals

"This book should be required reading for all American men, containing brilliant insights I had not previously considered. It clearly shows how your masculinity is being muzzled in order to achieve an experimental result that doesn't serve your interests. Highly recommended."- Roosh V, author of 30 Bangs, etc.

“In an age where traditional masculinity is disparaged, deconstructed, feared and scorned, Jack Donovan has engaged in the necessary task of reconstructing what masculinity is, and how it fits into modern society. It seems unlikely that one could learn manhood from a book, but this would be a good place to try.”- Scott Locklin; Writer, Taki’s Magazine

“Absolutely love this book! I found Jack’s comments on the underlying primal instincts that motivate men and what can generate unity within a group to be both thought provoking and spot on from a leadership perspective.”- Chris Duffin, AAPF and APA record-holding competitive powerlifter, coach, and gym owner.

"...made it to my top 10 list of books warriors must read... regularly.

Thanks Jack Donovan, you have written a great book that is destined to be a classic in the field of manliness, and in doing so have proven yourself a warrior poet of the highest caliber. Respect."- "Silent Bob," Pulse Firearms Training

“Peering behind the layers of civility we indulge in as a matter of pretense, Donovan explores the primal relationship between tribal identity and masculinity, and emerges endorsing a type of Nietzschean struggle for significance through conflict”- Brett Stevens, Amerika.org

“The Way of Men reads like a primer for a generation that didn’t know it needed one. Donovan’s athletic prose reads quickly, and cuts straight to the point: Only in a coddled nanny-state could entire generations of boys grow up never having to put themselves to the hazards that harden boys into men.”- Max. US Army, Infantry.

“While others in the “Man-centric” blogosphere prefer to critique crazy feminists or theorize about the best way to pick up unstable women at bars, Jack Donovan has taken up the more important, anthropological task of asking who “the Man” really is.”- Richard Spencer; Editor, Alternative Right

“Jack Donovan’s latest book, The Way of Men, cuts through the Marxist and politically correct platitudes suffocating mainstream sociology and anthropology to deliver an insightful, original, and data-driven analysis of tribalism, gender relations, and the tortured state of manliness in the post-modern age.”- Matt Parrott, Blogger and Author of Hoosier Nation

“Jack Donovan’s The Way of Men is an essential book on the nature of masculinity and why it is under assault in the modern world. But it is much more than that, for understanding masculinity is essential to understanding politics and the dynamics of human history. Thus, despite its accessible and unassuming style, The Way of Men is also a work of political philosophy. Indeed, it is a profound critique of liberal modernity. Hegel claimed that history began when men dueled to the death over honor. According to Donovan, the “end of history” is not merely a global, homogeneous, consumer society, for the defining characteristic of modernity is emasculation. The recovery of masculinity, therefore, requires unplugging from modern society, forming small-scale, bonded male groups (which Donovan calls gangs), and ultimately starting history and politics all over again. The Way of Men is revolutionary in the true sense of the word. This is the best book on masculinity since Fight Club.”- Greg Johnson, Ph.D., author of Confessions of a Reluctant Hater